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Had an interesting experience with the full replacement coverage insurance feature with my 2017 GS that was written off. When I bought the 2017 the GS was brand new and selling at MSRP. In return they gave me a killer trade in value for my 2014 Z51. Eighteen months later the GS was written off. The insurance company (Northbridge) asked for the bill of sale for the 2017. They then gave that to a dealer and asked for a price which they were given. This was the fall of 2018 and the C7s were by then being discounted substantially so the quote the dealer gave was considerable less than I paid for the 2017 GS. However, all I wanted was a new 2019 GS similarly equipped and I knew the amount presented by the insurance company would get that car so I signed off and they sent me a check for the amount plus HST. Despite a search of dealers in southern Ontario I could not find what I wanted and besides it was October by now so I ordered a 2019 GS for delivery in April 2019. After backing and forthing with 4 dealers I was able to negotiate for a new car for $1000 less than the check the insurance company gave me so I quickly spent the extra $1000 on a couple of appearance options. In the end I got a car two years newer but I would strongly recommend against that method of upgrading.

<blockquote data-quote="DavidWG" data-source="post: 243684" data-attributes="member: 3145"><p>Had an interesting experience with the full replacement coverage insurance feature with my 2017 GS that was written off. When I bought the 2017 the GS was brand new and selling at MSRP. In return they gave me a killer trade in value for my 2014 Z51. Eighteen months later the GS was written off. The insurance company (Northbridge) asked for the bill of sale for the 2017. They then gave that to a dealer and asked for a price which they were given. This was the fall of 2018 and the C7s were by then being discounted substantially so the quote the dealer gave was considerable less than I paid for the 2017 GS. However, all I wanted was a new 2019 GS similarly equipped and I knew the amount presented by the insurance company would get that car so I signed off and they sent me a check for the amount plus HST. Despite a search of dealers in southern Ontario I could not find what I wanted and besides it was October by now so I ordered a 2019 GS for delivery in April 2019. After backing and forthing with 4 dealers I was able to negotiate for a new car for $1000 less than the check the insurance company gave me so I quickly spent the extra $1000 on a couple of appearance options. In the end I got a car two years newer but I would strongly recommend against that method of upgrading.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="DavidWG, post: 243684, member: 3145"] Had an interesting experience with the full replacement coverage insurance feature with my 2017 GS that was written off. When I bought the 2017 the GS was brand new and selling at MSRP. In return they gave me a killer trade in value for my 2014 Z51. Eighteen months later the GS was written off. The insurance company (Northbridge) asked for the bill of sale for the 2017. They then gave that to a dealer and asked for a price which they were given. This was the fall of 2018 and the C7s were by then being discounted substantially so the quote the dealer gave was considerable less than I paid for the 2017 GS. However, all I wanted was a new 2019 GS similarly equipped and I knew the amount presented by the insurance company would get that car so I signed off and they sent me a check for the amount plus HST. Despite a search of dealers in southern Ontario I could not find what I wanted and besides it was October by now so I ordered a 2019 GS for delivery in April 2019. After backing and forthing with 4 dealers I was able to negotiate for a new car for $1000 less than the check the insurance company gave me so I quickly spent the extra $1000 on a couple of appearance options. In the end I got a car two years newer but I would strongly recommend against that method of upgrading. [/QUOTE]

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